The Words Of Our Mouth

Psalm 141:3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. 

Controlling the words of your mouth are easier said than done, because something may slip out when you least expect it.  The Psalmist asks the Lord to set a guard over his mouth, because he knows how difficult it is to accomplish it himself.  Start the day in prayer asking the Lord to help you with your words.  Pray during the day, then close the day in prayer.  God will give directions for your daily activities because of prayer.  Breakdowns in peoples lives invariable didn’t come all of a sudden, but usually occur because of small breakdowns in Bible reading and prayer over a period of time.  The attitude of some is, “That won’t happen to me because I’m too strong a Christian.” Don’t believe it, because the enemy will be after you in a bigger way.  Go back to the Word, then pray the Word, then expect the Lord to help you.

If you don’t want it - don’t say it.  Your words are seeds you plant and then wonder where the crop comes from.  Never again speak what you don’t expect to receive.  A lot of things are opened by mistake, but none so often as the mouth.

The Faithful One

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

When you refuse to come and ask for forgiveness you voluntarily walk out from under God’s protection. The protection you once had is no longer available.  Before you walked away from the protection of the Lord, you did not receive some of the attacks of the enemy.  God was preventing Satan from bringing them to you, because of a wall of protection that was put around you.  As soon as you walk away, the wall of protection is no longer available.  You now find that the attacks of the enemy seem to be coming on you in a greater way.  Exodus 34:7 tells you that even though His mercy and kindness reaches out generation after generation, it will not clear the guilty.  Only your faith in the sacrifice of Jesus will permit God to clear you.  

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate.  It’s a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.  The Lord is in the cleaning business, not the whitewashing business!

Seek And You Will Find

Let me encourage you to spend some time in the Song of Songs in the Bible. You will find a wonderful love story between the Beloved Husbandman and His beloved, that will greatly bless you. Within this particular book you will find one of the most important relationships that you can come to know. The relationship between you and God. 

There is a saying that goes "seek and you will find" and "knock and the door will be opened unto you".